Machine for finishing heels.



Patented July 16, 1918.

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WILLIAM HUBBARD, OF ROCHESTER, ERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON,

NEW YORK, ASSIGN'OR TO UNITED sI-IoE MACHIN- NEW JERSEY, A ooEPoEATImv or NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE EOE FINISHING HEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1c, 1918.

Original application filed October 17?, 1916, Serial to. 126,198. Divided a'nd this application filed March 13,

- 1918. Serial No. 222,131.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Finishing Heels, of which the following descripti'on, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a machine for cleaning the edge of an ornamental heel lift.

In my co-pending application Serial No. 126,198, filed October 17 1916, of which this application is a division, there is described a method of finishing heel having an ornamental lift of metal, celluloid or similar material which comprises treating the lateral surface of the heel, including the edge of the ornamental lift, in the usual manner and then cleaning the edge of the ornamental lift to produce on the-heel an ornamental stripe of contrasting color.

According to o invention there is provided a cleaning tool the width of the operative face ofwhich is not greater than the ,width of, the edge of the ornamental lift, and a rest for the tread face of the heel constructed and arranged to maintain the edge of the lift in contact with the tool as the heel is turned to subject the edge of thelift to the cleaning action of the tool said rest and tool being relatively adj st l I In'the illustrative machine several adjustments are possible so as to provide for heels of different shapes and foridiflerent locations of the ornamental lift with respect to the tread face of the heel.

These and other featuresof the invention,

including certain details of construction and combinations of parts, will be described as embodied in an illustrative machine and pointed out in theappended claims.

, Referring to the accompanying drawings,.= c

Figure 1 is a perspective of a portion of a heel burnishing machine in which the presentinvention is embodied, and

g 2 is PQI PQQiJiVB Showing a Louis ne feature of thep'resent present invention is directed, comprise a body portionwhich may be of the usual leather-lifts and an ornamental lift of some material such, for example, as aluminum the bright edge of which is designed to produce a stripe of color contrasting with the color of the body of the heel. Commonly this ornamental lift is placed just above the top lift. In finishing a heel of this kind the lateral surface is coated with coloring matter 01 wax or both as may be desired, and the coating smoothed and burnished. When this has been accomplished, the original color of the edge of the ornamental lift has been dulled or obscured; and it becomes necessary to clean from the edge of the ornamental lift the coating. e

In Fig. 1 there is shown a portion of a heel burnishing machine which has been fittted with means for cleaning the edgeof the ornamental lift. This machine is in be described in detail. It is provided with the usual iron 13 the function of which is to i apply to theheel a coating ofhotwaX, with a smooth roll 15 to which the heel is next presented, and with a polishing brush 17 by which the wax is brushed in and polished.

Fast to the end of the rotary shaft19 which carries the roll 15 and brush 17 is a wheel 21 the operative edge of which has substantially the same width as that of the ornamental lift, this edge comprising small teeth which rapidly remove .the coloring matter and wax. In order to assistv in the presentation of the heel to the cleaning.

wheel 211 a tread-rest 23 in the form of a plate is fastened at one end to a screw bolt 25', said bolt passing through ears on a bracket or support 27 and having at itsinner'end a square head which bears against a flat surface on the bracket and thereby pre-' A thumb nut the bolt, and

vents the bolt from turning. 28 provldes means for moving with it the tread-rest, in and out. The

bracket 27 is mounted on a carrier comprising a pin 29 having at its, outer end an eye, through whlch passes the stem of a boltBO lel to the axis dust or chips and to about the axis of the which is threaded into said bracket, the bracket thus being angularly adjustable about the axis of thebolt 30. The pin is adjustably held in a socket in one end of a member 31, the other end of which is adparallel to the axis of the bolt 25, angularlyabout the axis of the bolt 30, in a path paralof the pin 29, .andangularly about either the axis of the screw 35 or that of the rod 37. By these adjustments it is possible to provide for heels of different shapes and for top lifts of different thickness.

The heel'is first inked and blacked if the finished heel is to be given a black finish.

.It is then presented to the iron 13 and swung around until a coating of wax is applied to the whole lateral surface thereof.

The waxed heel is then similarly presented to the smoothing roll 15 and thereafter to the brush 17 'At this stage the lateral surface of-the heel is covered with an opaque and burnished coat which obscures the edge of the ornamental lift. The heel is then presented to the cleaning wheel 21 in the manner shown in Fig. 2 and swung around so as to remove the coloring matter and wax from the edge of the lift progressively beginning at a point in the junction of the lateral surface with the breast at one side of the heel and ending with a similar point at the other, side of the heel. Thisbrdinarily completes the treatment of the heel, but in some cases it is desirable to rub the cleaned edge of the lift and the adjacent coat of finishing material to remove the polish the edge of the lift. When this further step is desirable, thelheel is presented again to the roll 15 or brush 17 or to both. f

The tread part 23, it should be noted, is capable of various adjustments to provide for various shapes of heels and for various locations of ornamental lift-s: InFig'. 2 a Louis heel is shown, in which the edge of theiornamental lift is beveled, and consequently the tread rest is inclined to the plane of rotation of the tool This incli;

by adjusting the rest nation may be varied bolt 30 to provide for,

, a lift having adifferent bevel on itsedge;

and, if this adjustment does not secure the desired relation between the rest and the tool, the nut 28 may be manipulated, or the rest may be moved in the direction of the "axis of the pin 29 or about said axis, which is approximately parallel to that of the shaft 19. If this combination is not suffrcient, the screw 35 may be loosened and the,

I of a width not rest raised or lowered by swinging it about the axis of the screw. And finally, ifdesirable, the arm 33 may be adjusted about the rod 37. V

- The heel, which has been referred to above, forms the 'subjeCt matter of a copending a plication Serial No. 111,739, filed July 2%, 1916. r Having thus described my invention, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. machine for cleaning the edge of an ornamental lift in a heel, having, in combination, a cleaningtool the width of the 0perative face of which issubstantially equal to that of the edge of the lift, a rest for the tread face of the heel constructed and arranged to maintain the edge of the lift incontact with the tool as the heel isturned, means for producing relative. ad ustment between the tool and the rest to provide for differently located liftsand means for operating the tool.

2. A machine for cleaning the. beveled" ducing relative'angular adjustment between the tool and rest to cause the tool to clean the beveled edge of thelift and to providev for lifts having edges beveled ion different.

angles.

3, A machine for cleaning the edge of an ornamental lift in a heel, having, in combination, a rotary tool having a narrow face of the lift, and a tread rest for the heelfth'e 4. A machine for cleaning theedge of an greater than that of the edge i ornamental lift in a heel, .having, in combination, a rotary toolhaving, a narrow face of a width not greater than that of the edge of the lift, a' tread rest for the heel, the supporting face of the rest being inclined to the plane of rotation of the tool, and means whereby the rest may be adjusted to vary its angle of inclination.

w 5. A machinefor cleaning .the'edgc'oflan ornamental lift in axh'eel,

having, in combination, a rotary toolhaving a narrow face of .a width not greaterthan thatof'the edge of the lift, a tread rest for the he el,,the sup- Iportin-gfface of the rest being inclined to the plane of rotation ofthetool, andmeans whereby the rest; maybe,adjusted' toward and from the tool. H f 6. A machine for cleaning thee'dge' ofan ornamental lift in a heel, having, in combination, a rotary tool having a narrow face of a width not greater than that of the H edge of the lift, a carrier adjustable angularly toward and from the tool, a support mounted on the carrier and angular-1y adtool and angularly toward and from the 10 justable with respect thereto, and a tread tool, a support mounted on the carrier and rest adjustably mounted on the support. angularly adjustable with respect thereto,

7 A machine for cleaning the edge of an and a tread rest adjustably mounted on the ornamental lift in a heel, having, in combisupport. nation, a rotary tool having a narrow face In testimony whereof I have signed my 15 of a Width not greater than that of the edge name to this specification. of the lift, a carrier adjustable in a path approximately parallel to the axis of the WILLIAM HUBBARD.

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